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typeId: term
recordId: effect-ledger
fields:
  title: Effect Ledger
  definition: The append-only record set of effects attempted or caused by
    packages, agents, storage, compute, disclosure, or host-mediated operations.
  order: 1520
  usage:
    - Effects are the receipts for what Benac touched or attempted to touch.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 13. Evidence, effects, ledgers, and receipts terminology
---
